LEWISTON — Police are investigating a report of a gunshot during an altercation involving up to 20 people Monday night near the Lincoln Street boat launch. There was no indication anyone had been shot, and no injuries requiring medical treatment were reported. The call came in just after 8:30 p.m. Police had not confirmed Tuesday night […]
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Charges against Penobscot Nation chief’s sons dropped
All charges have been dropped that had arisen from a parking lot fight where Penobscot Indian Nation Chief Kirk Francis, his sons, and former Tribal Council member Robert Dana. The fight had taken place in the parking lot of the Penobscot Pour House in January, where Francis, his sons Kirk Jr. and Dana, all had […]
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Two injured, one arrested in Lewiston fight
LEWISTON — Police said a local woman was arrested in connection with a fight on Blake Street on Friday night after a car hit two people who were taken to the hospital. Gabrielle Gosselin, 36, of Lewiston was arrested and charged with driving to endanger and reckless conduct, Lt. Dave St. Pierre said. She was being […]
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Kennedy Park melee lands man in critical condition
[UPDATE: ‘They just started ganging up on us:’ Lewiston residents describe brawl near Kennedy Park] LEWISTON — State and local police are investigating a melee late Tuesday night in the area of Kennedy Park involving at least two dozen teenagers, pre-teens and three adult males, authorities said. One of the men remains in critical condition following surgery, […]
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Police: Intruder assaulted Coplin Plantation couple
COPLIN PLANTATION — An Eliot man is accused of entering a home on Carrabassett Road late Tuesday and assaulting the homeowners. The couple, ages 59 and 65, did not know the intruder, Garrett Morrow, 25, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. The husband suffered cuts to his forehead, ear and wrist, the sheriff said. Morrow was arrested […]
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Livermore Falls birthday party turns into street fight
LIVERMORE FALLS — A family birthday party on Knapp Street on Sunday erupted into a large street fight involving sticks and bats, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. Police responded to a report of a riot in the vicinity of 30 Knapp St. at 4:47 p.m. There were 10 to 12 people at the […]
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Boxing: Gamache wins; absentees don’t spoil fight night at LHS
LEWISTON — Jose Angel Ortiz came to fight this time, as promised. The evidence was visible Saturday night in the abrasions under Steven Gamache’s eyes, the welts on his forehead, and the impingement in a left shoulder that the hometown hero could barely lift while he shook hands and posed for post-fight selfies with friends and […]
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Fight card set for Saturday at Lewiston High School
LEWISTON — Timing is everything to a fighter and a promoter trying to organize a fight card in Maine. Promoter/trainer Glenn Cugno has been planning Saturday’s event the past year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s brief bout with Sonny Liston in Lewiston on May 25, 1965. Cugno has lined up 10 […]
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Ali-Liston: Memories of the moment
We asked, you answered. here are some of the memories you, the readers, shared with us when we asked for volunteers: “I was present at the Muhammad Ali fight. I did not see the knockout punch. However, on the next day, which was a Sunday, my family went to Holiday Inn in Auburn as we […]
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Ali-Liston 50th: Barbara Harris, whose father was one of the judges
The Phantom Punch at 50 Interactive guide to our stories, photos, audio and video | Audio: Listen to the radio broadcast from the fight | Video: Can you see the punch? | Interactive timeline of the fighters’ careers | Newspaper coverage & readers’ memories from 1965 DIXFIELD — Watch the grainy video of Muhammad Ali knocking out Sonny Liston a hundred times, and you may never see […]